| a novel adenovirus species associated with an acute respiratory outbreak in a baboon colony and evidence of coincident human infection. | adenoviruses (advs) are dna viruses that infect many vertebrate hosts, including humans and nonhuman primates. here we identify a novel adv species, provisionally named "simian adenovirus c (sadv-c)," associated with a 1997 outbreak of acute respiratory illness in captive baboons (4 of 9) at a primate research facility in texas. none of the six advs recovered from baboons (baadvs) during the outbreak, including the two baboons who died from pneumonia, were typeable. since clinical samples from t ... | 2013 | 23592261 |